Teacher Lamorel seemed to understand the feelings of the new students very well, so he didn't get angry when the students asked about unrelated things in class.
"Mulan Academy holds an ability test at the beginning of each month. As long as you pass this simple test, you can enter the Bamboo Forest to learn magic skills. You've just entered the academy, so you missed the September test and can only wait for the October test," Lamorel explained the process of learning magic skills.
Just waiting for a month's time, many students' hearts settled. Even if one had money, they couldn't buy Illusion Stones from the outside, because Illusion Stones were directly controlled by the Mage Guild. Unless one had connections within the Mage Guild, it was impossible to buy them even with money.
As a result, most people couldn't practice magic skills and couldn't use magic. Of course, if you had enough magic power and passed the test of the Mage Guild, you could also obtain the identity of a magician and naturally be able to purchase Illusion Stones for learning within the guild.
Such tests required a large amount of money each time, so unless one had enough confidence, few would attempt them.
For several days in a row, Moransiu attended classes normally every day, from Monday to Friday, with five magic teachers. Although they taught different things, they were essentially the same, fundamentally about how to communicate with and absorb elements.
For this year's genius student Moransiu, any teacher would pay attention to him. So, every time in class, these teachers hoped that Moransiu would stand up and say something or raise new questions after they finished explaining a topic or knowledge. However, Moransiu never raised any questions.
And just like that, a month passed in the blink of an eye.
Magicians were the least sensitive to the passage of time.
Every day, in addition to meditation, Moransiu also exercised his body. He believed that doing so would be beneficial to him. Even though his goal was to become a powerful magician, exercising his body would definitely not be harmful.
At the beginning of October, the test finally arrived.
From the first grade to the sixth grade, all students gathered outside the Bamboo Forest. The test was personally presided over by the Vice Dean of the school, Mage Billy. The tool used for the test was also a huge Illusion Stone.
Moransiu and Muk came to quietly wait outside the Bamboo Forest together.
Because Moransiu was usually very low-key, except during class time, he was rarely seen by others. So, although all the students and teachers in the academy had heard of his name, only a small fraction had actually seen him.
"Moransiu, the test is starting," Muk, being taller, could see much more than Moransiu while they both stood outside the crowd.
"Oh," Moransiu responded.
Following the crowd, Moransiu and Muk entered the Bamboo Forest. In the forest, there was a building with a large flag on top, with the three big characters "Magic Skills" written on it.
Entering the building, the first-time students couldn't help but exclaim in admiration. The entire interior of the building seemed to be covered with thousands of mirrors. People in it couldn't distinguish one from another. In the center, there was the Illusion Stone used for the test. Vice Dean Billy stood beside the Illusion Stone.
Moransiu saw Billy. Although three years had passed, Billy hadn't changed much. The only slight change was that his beard had grown a lot more.
Billy, with a kind face, took some papers from a magic teacher's hand and flipped through a few pages.
"The test starts with the first-year students. Students who hear their names, come up and participate in the test," Billy's voice echoed in the hall, and all the students quieted down.
Billy was a great mage, recognized by the outside world, and had reached the level of a ninth-level mage. Such a person was someone any noble would be willing to make friends with in Solf city. In Mulan Academy, no one would disrespect him.
"Kule..."
Passed the test!
"Lisa..."
Failed!
"Abiya..."
Passed the test!
...
Students who passed the test would be assigned an Illusion Stone. As long as they placed their hand on the Illusion Stone storing magic skills, they could absorb the magic skills inside with their magic power. When the absorption was complete, they could use magic according to the spell. Spells could be found casually in ordinary paper books, but the key was the magic skills stored in the Illusion Stone.
"Moransiu, it's your turn for the test!" Billy's deep voice called out Moransiu's name, and his plain expression twitched slightly a few times as he looked down at the ground.
Moransiu quickly walked out of the crowd, with all eyes gathered around him. Many people were curious about this new genius in the academy. They saw a teenager in ordinary cloth clothing, walking briskly to the side of the testing Illusion Stone.
"Child, it's really you," Billy smiled.
He remembered the child he had met in that small town three years ago, named Moransiu. When he heard the name a month ago, he felt familiar, and now he remembered. This child was the one he had given books to.
At that time, Billy really didn't expect to meet Moransiu again at Mulan Academy. After all, there were very few people who could practice magic. Unexpectedly, Moransiu actually appeared and was called a genius in practicing magic. Billy was
extremely pleased in his heart; he had discovered a genius.
Moransiu was about to say something, but Billy stopped him.
"Moransiu, let's begin," Billy waved his hand and said.
Moransiu looked at Billy and didn't say anything. He reached out his hand to the Illusion Stone. A red light flashed, reflecting on everyone's faces. Such light only appeared occasionally. The last time was when another genius student, Solon, was tested. And this time, it was Moransiu.
"Very good, you passed," Billy said with relief. If nothing unexpected happened, a few years later, there would be another great mage among the students of Mulan Academy.
At this time, a magic teacher took an Illusion Stone with magic skills and brought it to Moransiu's side. Moransiu reached out his hand to the small Illusion Stone. A minute passed, and the Illusion Stone didn't react at all.
Generally speaking, the speed of absorbing magic skills was directly proportional to the magician's magic power. However, if the magic power was very low, the absorption speed would naturally be slower. But a situation like this, where there was no response at all, had never occurred before.
Another minute passed, and the Illusion Stone still showed no response.
Moransiu changed to his other hand. He had already activated his magic power to absorb, but he couldn't succeed. He couldn't figure out what was going on. Why couldn't he absorb the magic skills? Moransiu began to feel anxious.
"Give me the Illusion Stone," Billy finally spoke up. He had been observing Moransiu's actions all along and was also puzzled at this moment. As a ninth-level mage, he had never encountered such a situation. Some of these magic skill Illusion Stones were made by him personally. He was not only a ninth-level mage but also an excellent magic inscriber.
He sensed the Illusion Stone and confirmed that it did indeed store magic skills, and there was nothing wrong with the Illusion Stone. It was a low-level Illusion Stone storing the Fireball spell.
"Moransiu, have you used a Fireball spell Illusion Stone before?" Billy was puzzled. With Moransiu's identity, I'm afraid no one in the entire academy knew him better than him. How could Moransiu have used an Illusion Stone before? But this seemed to be the only explanation. If Moransiu had used it before, then he naturally couldn't absorb the skill again now.